JP2002128479A - Lift device for vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To quickly and stably lift up various vehicles having lift points differ ent from each other by using a blocked car body receiving pad such as a rubber car body receiving pad with a simple structure. SOLUTION: In this lift device 10 for a vehicle, a tray 20 is mounted on a swing arm 15 to load the blocked car body receiving pad 1 on the tray 20.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vehicle lift device suitable for use in maintenance of automobiles and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as an arm-type vehicle lift device, a lifting device is provided on each of a pair of right and left columns erected on a floor surface, and a swing arm is provided on a carriage which can be raised and lowered by each lifting device. There is a swing arm in which a vehicle body fitting is screwed to a distal end portion. By turning and expanding / contracting the swing arm, the vehicle body is lifted up by applying the vehicle body fitting to the lift point of the vehicle body. The vehicle body bracket is provided in a narrow area at the tip of the swing arm, and is rigid. When the lift point of the vehicle body is located around a convex portion such as a ridge weld seam portion of the frame, the convex portion thereof is provided. There is provided a deep groove recess for avoiding the portion, and it is difficult to align the deep groove recess with the projection.

Conventionally, as a plate type vehicle lift device, a pair of left and right lifting devices are stored in left and right pits provided below the floor, respectively, and a lift table is provided in each of the lifting devices. There is a type in which a block-shaped rubber body receiving pad can be placed on a lift table. The rubber body receiving pad eliminates the need for complicated positioning to avoid these protrusions even when the lift point of the vehicle body is around the protrusions such as the ridge weld seam of the frame. It can be easily aligned with the lift point in a large area, and it can also follow the vehicle flexibly, and can stably support the vehicle body. The vehicle body receiving pad can be quickly and stably set.

[0004]

The conventional rubber vehicle body receiving pad is limited to being mounted on a lift table in a plate type vehicle lift apparatus, and can be used only within the table surface of the lift table. No, it cannot be used for vehicles whose lift point is off the lift table.

[0005] As a lift table of the plate type vehicle lift device, a main table connected to the lift device,
2. Description of the Related Art There is an auxiliary table which is telescopically fitted to a main table. In such a lift table, the auxiliary table is raised out of the pit by an elevating device, the auxiliary table is pulled out on the floor surface, and then a rubber body receiving pad is placed on the auxiliary table to lift the lift. It can also be used for vehicles whose points deviate from the main table. However, in the plate-type vehicle lift device using such an auxiliary table, the auxiliary table is large and heavy, and the operability is poor, and the work of temporarily raising the auxiliary table out of the pit is required, and thus the number of work steps is large.

When the conventional rubber body receiving pad is to be used in an arm type vehicle lift device, the tip of the swing arm is too narrow, so that the rubber body receiving pad is placed on this and the lifting work is performed. Can not be served.

It is an object of the present invention to use a block-shaped vehicle body receiving pad such as a rubber vehicle body receiving pad with a simple structure to quickly and stably lift various vehicles having various lift points. is there.

[0008]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a vehicle lift device in which a swing arm is pivotally supported on each of a left and right elevating device so as to be horizontally rotatable. The vehicle body receiving pad can be placed on the tray.

A second aspect of the present invention is a vehicle lift device comprising a lift table on each of the left and right lifting devices, wherein a swing arm is pivotally supported on each of the left and right lift tables so as to be horizontally rotatable. A tray is provided on the arm so that a block-shaped body receiving pad can be placed on the tray.

[0010]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the following operations are provided. In the arm-type vehicle lift device, a wide and large-diameter tray on which a block-shaped vehicle body receiving pad can be placed is provided on the swing arm, so that the vehicle body receiving pad can be stably placed on the tray provided on the swing arm. By freely rotating the vehicle body receiving pad on the tray, the vehicle body receiving pad can be easily positioned in a direction suitable for the left and right lift points. Therefore, in combination with the swing arm turning and expanding / contracting, the vehicle body receiving pad placed on the tray can be easily positioned in an appropriate direction on the tray, and the vehicle body receiving pad can be quickly moved to the lift point of various vehicles. It can be set stably.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the following operations are provided. In the plate-type vehicle lift device, the swing arm is provided on the lift table and the wide and large-diameter tray on which the block-shaped body receiving pad can be placed is provided on the swing arm. The pad can be stably placed, and the body receiving pad can be easily positioned in a direction suitable for the lift point of the vehicle by freely rotating the body receiving pad on the tray. Therefore, in combination with turning and sliding the swing arm, the vehicle body receiving pad placed on the tray is easily positioned in an appropriate direction on the tray, so that the vehicle body receiving pad can be quickly and easily lifted to the lift points of various vehicles. Can be set stably.

In the above description, when the vehicle body receiving pad is made of an elastic material such as rubber, even when the lift point of the vehicle body is located around the convex portion such as the ridge weld seam portion of the frame, the lift point of the vehicle body receiving pad is formed. It can be easily aligned with the lift point in a wide area without the need for complicated alignment to avoid the parts, and it can also flexibly follow, can support the vehicle body stably, The setting of the vehicle body receiving pad can be further improved.

Further, in the above description, in a standby state in which the lift table is stored in a pit below the floor surface, the table surface of the lift table is at the floor surface level, and the swing arm is horizontally rotatable on the table surface. In this case, the swing arm provided with the tray can be immediately and horizontally rotated lightly without setting the lift table out of the pit, and the vehicle body receiving pad on the tray can be set at the lift point of the vehicle. The man-hour is small.

[0014]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing a plate-type vehicle lift device, FIG. 2 is a plan view of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a main part of FIG. 2, and FIG. 4 is a tray provided on a swing arm. 5 is a side view of FIG. 4, FIG. 6 shows a tray,
7A is a plan view, FIG. 7B is a cross-sectional view, and FIG. 7 is a side cross-sectional view showing a vehicle body fitting provided on a swing arm.

The vehicle lift device 10 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is of a plate type, and a pair of left and right lifting devices 1 is provided on each of left and right pits 12 and 12 provided on a floor 11 of an automobile maintenance shop.
3, 13, and a lift table 1, which is lifted and lowered by each lifting device 13, respectively.
4 is provided. The elevating device 13 includes, for example, a hydraulic cylinder. The lift table 14 holds the pit 12
The table surface can be adjusted to the floor surface level when waiting for storage in the storage device.

The vehicle lift device 10 pivotally supports the front and rear swing arms 15, 15 in each of the left and right lift tables 14 so as to be horizontally rotatable. That is, as shown in FIGS. 2 to 5, the vehicle lift device 10 is provided with a long slit-shaped slide hole 16 in each of the front half and the rear half along the vehicle longitudinal direction on the outer edge side of each lift table 14. The swing arm 15 is placed on the table surface of the lift table 14, and a support shaft 17 fixedly provided at the base end of the swing arm 15 is slidably and pivotably inserted into the slide hole 16.

However, in the vehicle lift device 10, the swing arm 15 is provided with a disk-shaped tray 20 as shown in FIG. The pad 1 is freely rotatable on the tray 20 within the range of the circular outer peripheral rib 21. The vehicle body receiving pad 1 has a block shape having a large vehicle body supporting area and a constant thickness. At this time, the tray 20
Is provided with a slide frame 22 on its lower surface, and the slide frame 22 is fitted on a slide guide 15A formed by the transverse section of the swing arm 15 over its entire length.
Accordingly, the tray 20 is slidable in a range from the base end side of the swing arm 15 to the stopper pin 15B provided on the tip end side of the swing arm 15 until the front end face of the folded portion 22A of the slide frame 22 abuts. You.

Accordingly, when the vehicle is stopped at a predetermined lift-up operation position, the vehicle lift device 10 moves the swing arm 15 on the table surface of the lift table 14 while keeping the lift table 14 stored in the pit 12 and waiting. The tray 20 is brought close to the lift point of the vehicle by placing the tray 20 on the slide hole 16 and pulling it out and turning it. Further, the tray 20 is slid along the slide guide 15A of the swing arm 15 so as to be positioned directly below the lift point, and the vehicle body receiving pad 1 on the tray 20 is rotated on the tray 20 so that the vehicle body receiving pad 1 The direction in the horizontal plane is adjusted so as to be compatible with the lift point, and the vehicle body receiving pad 1 is set at the lift point. Thereafter, the vehicle can be lifted up by lifting the lift table 14 by the lifting device 13.

The vehicle lift device 10 can be used by selectively attaching and detaching the tray 20 and the vehicle body fitting 30 described above. As shown in FIG. 7, the vehicle body receiving member 30 is formed by screwing a screw portion 34 fixed to a receiving member 33 to a nut 32 fixed to a slide base 31 slidably fitted to a slide guide 15A of the swing arm 15. It is composed. Receiving money 33
It is made of hard rubber or the like, and has a deep groove concave portion 33A for avoiding a convex portion such as a ridge weld seam portion of a frame on the vehicle body side. The slide table 31 is slidable in a range until the front end face of the folded portion 31A abuts on the stopper pin 15B.

According to this embodiment, the following operations are provided. In the plate-type vehicle lift device 10, the swing arm 15 is provided on the lift table 14, and the wide and large-diameter tray 20 on which the block-shaped body receiving pad 1 can be placed is provided on the swing arm 15. The vehicle body receiving pad 1 can be stably mounted on the tray 20 provided in the vehicle, and the vehicle body receiving pad 1 can be easily rotated in the direction suitable for the lift point of the vehicle by freely rotating the body receiving pad 1 on the tray 20 or the like. Can be positioned. Therefore, in conjunction with the swinging and sliding of the swing arm 15, the vehicle body receiving pad 1 placed on the tray 20 is simply positioned in an appropriate direction on the tray 20 so that the vehicle body receiving pad 1 can be used for various vehicles. Quick and stable setting at the lift point.

In the above description, when the vehicle body receiving pad 1 is made of an elastic material such as rubber, even when the lift point of the vehicle body is located around a convex portion such as a ridge welding seam portion of the frame, the projecting portion of the vehicle body receiving pad 1 is formed. It can be easily aligned with the lift point in a wide area without the need for complicated alignment to avoid the parts, and it can also flexibly follow, can support the vehicle body stably, The setting of the vehicle body receiving pad 1 can be further improved.

In the above description, when the lift table 14 is stored in the pit 12 below the floor, the table surface of the lift table 14 is at the floor level, and the swing arm 15 is horizontally moved on the table surface. When the swing arm 15 provided with the tray 20 is horizontally rotated immediately without lifting the lift table 14 out of the pit 12, the vehicle body receiving pad 1 on the tray 20 can be freely rotated. Can be set at the lift point of the vehicle, and the number of work steps is small.

The swing arm 15 can be made of a narrow sheet material, and the tray 20 can be made of a short sheet material, both of which are lightweight and have good operability. Further, the combined thickness of the swing arm 15 and the tray 20 can be made as thin as possible. The combination of the swing arm 15 with the tray 20 and the body receiving pad 1 is smaller than the combination of the swing arm 15 with the body fitting 30. As a result, the underfloor insertability into a low-floor vehicle is good.

In the vehicle lift device 10, the swing arm 15 on the lift table 14 may be placed below the floor level when the lift table 14 is stored in the pit 12 while waiting. In this case, before pulling out the swing arm 15 from the lift table 14,
It is necessary to raise the lift table 14 once by the elevating device 13 to position the swing arm 15 above the floor level.

The embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the specific configuration of the present invention is not limited to this embodiment, and the design can be changed without departing from the scope of the present invention. The present invention is included in the present invention. For example, the tray of the present invention does not need to be disk-shaped, but may be rectangular. The vehicle body receiving pad is preferably made of an elastic material such as rubber, but is not limited to this.
It may be made of wood or the like.

The plate-type vehicle lift device to which the present invention is applied is not limited to the one in which the swing arm is slidably and pivotably mounted on the lift table, and the swing arm can only be turned by the side of the lift table. It may be provided. Further, in a plate-type vehicle lift device in which the lift table includes a main table and an auxiliary table, the auxiliary table may include a swing arm.

The present invention can also be applied to an arm type vehicle lift device.

[0028]

As described above, according to the present invention, with a simple structure, a block-shaped vehicle body receiving pad such as a rubber vehicle body receiving pad is used to quickly and stably handle various vehicles having various lift points. Can be lifted up.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing a plate-type vehicle lift device.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a main part of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a tray provided on a swing arm.

FIG. 5 is a side view of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 shows a tray, (A) is a plan view, and (B)
Is a sectional view.

FIG. 7 is a side sectional view showing a vehicle body fitting provided on a swing arm.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Body receiving pad 10 Lift device for vehicle 13 Lifting device 14 Lift table 15 Swing arm 20 Tray

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A vehicle lift device comprising a swing arm pivotally supported on each of a left and right lifting device so as to be horizontally rotatable. A tray is provided on the swing arm, and a block-shaped body receiving pad is placed on the tray. A lift device for a vehicle, wherein the lift device is enabled. 2. A vehicle lift device comprising a lift table on each of left and right elevating devices, wherein a swing arm is pivotally supported on each of the left and right lift tables so as to be horizontally rotatable, and a tray is provided on the swing arm. A vehicle lift device, wherein a block-shaped vehicle body receiving pad can be placed on the tray.